Environment
House Panel Advances Packaging, Trade, Energy Issues
A House subcommittee voted to advance the Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act on September 1, which would create a national framework governing recyclable,...
House Panel Weighs Wildlife Management, Endangered Species Bills
The House Committee on Natural Resources will meet September 15 to mark up 17 bills covering wildlife management, endangered species, public lands, tribal...
Energy Action Fund Hires Lot Sixteen LLC
Energy Action Fund, the advocacy arm of the Energy Foundation, hired Lot Sixteen LLC to lobby Congress on clean energy and environmental issues. The...
Federal Agencies Split On E-Bike Rules For Public Lands
Interior Department regulations currently exclude e-bikes from motorized vehicle definitions and allow their use on nonmotorized trails at managers'...
Commerce Panel Will Weigh Fisheries Management and Speech Rights
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will consider a slate of bills on September 16 that touch on fisheries management, aquaculture...
Senate Panel Considers Wildfire, Water, and Energy Bills
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will examine a slate of bills addressing wildfire resilience, water management, and energy development on...
Senate Weighs Monitoring Rules for Prescribed Fires and Air Quality
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled a business meeting for Wednesday, September 16 to consider S. 5045, the Wildfire Emissions...
U.S. Satellite Capabilities for Tracking Wildfires
NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites, which have provided critical wildfire observation data for years, are expected to cease operations by late 2026 or early...
Army Corps Environmental Infrastructure Assistance
Environmental infrastructure assistance authorities, first authorized in 1992 under the Water Resources Development Act, support projects at publicly owned...
AEP Hires Hunton Andrews Kurth On Environmental Issues
American Electric Power Co. Inc. expanded its lobbying footprint in September 2026 by adding Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP to its roster of outside counsel. The...
Geos Institute Ends 17-Year Lobbying Campaign
Geos Institute, which operates in environment, conservation, and scientific research, signed a termination of its lobbying registration on September 4.
Congress Debates Who Pays for Data Center Water Use
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held a hearing on September 3 to examine legislation reauthorizing drinking water programs and...
EPA Proposes Rescinding PFAS Drinking Water Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) May 2026 proposal to rescind drinking water standards for four PFAS compounds threatens to unwind one of...
Congress Challenges Trump Over Conservation Fund Spending
Congress continues to debate how the Land and Water Conservation Fund's $900 million in annual mandatory spending should be used as lawmakers review the...
House Passes Mining Bill Locking in Expedited Environmental Reviews
The House passed the Protecting Domestic Mining Act on a narrow, nearly party-line vote on September 2, advancing legislation that would lock in expedited...
Marine Mammal Act Faces Pressure From Climate, Competing Uses
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on the Marine Mammal Protection Act reveals mounting tensions between conservation and competing ocean uses,...
House Passes North Atlantic Right Whale Regulation Extension
The House passed H.R. 9436 in a sharply divided vote on September 1, with Republicans largely backing an extension of the Trump administration's preferred...
House Rules Committee Weighs Whale Israel Mining and Socialism Bills
A House Rules Committee hearing scheduled for August 31, 2026 will consider four measures that span environmental protection, higher education policy,...